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Thomsonfly and First Choice Airlines, which recently merged operations, have contracted for 23 Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger planes to be delivered in 2009.

The Press Association of the UK reports that "Barrels of beer on the drinks cart to enable travellers to enjoy freshly-poured pints is one of the ideas being considered by (these) UK airlines" as part of the service on the new planes.

On a sort-of-related topic, if you'd like to learn how to make an airplane from used beer cans, just go here for step-by-step instructions.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bill Dowd, longtime food and drink writer and judge, shares insights on news, trends, products, and people in brewing, with an emphasis on a virtual trail of craft breweries, brew pubs, restaurants, and beer- and cider-centric events in New York's "Greater Capital Region," an area with a rather fluid definition -- and sometimes news from elsewhere as well.